The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

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Harper Collins, 13 oct. 2009 - 512 pages
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In The Forgotten Man, Amity Shlaes, one of the nation's most-respected economic commentators, offers a striking reinterpretation of the Great Depression. She traces the mounting agony of the New Dealers and the moving stories of individual citizens who through their brave perseverance helped establish the steadfast character we recognize as American today.

 

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Avis d'utilisateur  - marshapetry - LibraryThing

OK book, good audiobook narrator. There were some interesting parts and it all had some interesting speculation but had so many paths that kinda were presented as if "absolutely true" that it just ... Consulter l'avis complet

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12 audio discs quite comprehensive and requires a keen ear and continual focus. this is a book that I'll have in hard or soft cover to truly appreciate its scope and to use as a reference Consulter l'avis complet

Table des matières

Epigraph
2
The Junket
The Accident
The Hour of the Vallar
The Experimenter
A River Utopia
A Year of Prosecutions
The Chicken Versus the Eagle
Photographic Insert
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À propos de l'auteur (2009)

Amity Shlaes writes a column for Forbes and serves as the chairman of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation. She is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Coolidge, The Forgotten Man, and The Greedy Hand. She chairs the jury for the Hayek Book Prize of the Manhattan Institute. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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TitreThe Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression
AuteurAmity Shlaes
ÉditeurHarper Collins, 2009
ISBN0061807214, 9780061807213
Longueur512 pages
  
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